Jessica Shields
NPI 1679960140ActiveIndividual· Neurological Surgery· Palm Springs, CA
Neurological Surgery with First Choice Physician Partners, practicing in Palm Springs, California. Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $125,142 for 238 patients in 2024, with only 44 Part D claims. Globus Medical, Inc. was the largest of 9 companies reporting payments in 2025, $2,619 in all, mostly travel and lodging. Lists Desert Regional Medical Center and 3 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.
Overview
| NPI | 1679960140 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Apr 22, 2015 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Feb 3, 2023 |
| Certified by provider | Jul 7, 2022 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurological Surgery Primary | 207T00000X | 181435 | CA |
| Neurological Surgery | 207T00000X | 88776 | GA |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 390200000X | — | — |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Neurosurgery (CA) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 238 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 507 across 66 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $125,142 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 44 · 46 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 21 |
| Total drug cost | $11,371 |
| Generic share | 86% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Neurosurgery |
Medical group
- First Choice Physician PartnersPalm Springs, CA · 127 clinicians
Hospital affiliations
- Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs, CA
- Hi-Desert Medical CenterJoshua Tree, CA
- John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio, CA
- Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley, CA
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$2,619 · 26 payments from 9 companies
- 2024$764.45 · 15 payments from 3 companies
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical, Inc. | $1,765 | 6 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $530.08 | 13 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $164.92 | 1 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | $45.84 | 1 |
| Abbvie Inc. | $30.83 | 1 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Travel and Lodging$1,408 · 2 payments
- Food and Beverage$1,211 · 24 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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